Buckle



(No Model.)

J. OANTNER. BUCKLE.

No. 493,818. Patented Mar; 21, 1893.

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UNiTnio STATES PATENT Tr ce.

JOSEPH OANTNER, OF MILLI'IEIM, PENNSYLVANIA.

B U C K L E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 493,818,dated March 21, 1893.

Application filed August 25, 1892. Serial No. 444,090. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JosEPH OANTNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Millheim, in the county of Centre and State of Pennsylvania,have invented a new and useful Buckle, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a buckle or fastening for strap ends, tugs orother parts of harness and has for its object to provide means foradjusting the engaging stud so that the same may be freely movedbackward and forward in longitudinal line with the part to which it issecured and also having means for securing the free end of the strapafter it is connected to prevent the same from curling or becomingengaged with adjacent projecting parts, and with this object in view,the invention consists of the construction and arrangement of the parts,as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawingsyFigurel is a perspective view of straps or a tug end andits connection showing the improved device in connection therewith. Fig.2 is a longitudinal vertical section on the line as. m. Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a perspective view of the parts of the device de tached.

Similar numerals of reference are employed to indicate correspondingparts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1, designates a strap or tug endhaving a loop 2 formed thereon which is secured at the sides thereof toprovide a space between the parts of the loop and over which the saidend is formed with a slot 3, having a slotted metallic wear plate 4mounted thereover. At the end of the portion 1,isaloop 5, through whichthe connecting strap 6, is adapted to be passed and about at thetermination of the loop 2, on the upper side of the said portion or end1, is another loop 7, through which the end of the connecting strap isadapted to be passed as shown in Fig. 1. A stud 8, is movably mounted inthe slot 3, and has an angularly disposed portion 9, adapted to bearagainst the walls of said slot, and the slotted portion of the wearplate at, and tothe bottom of this angularly disposed portion 9, issecured or connected a laterally ext-ending slide plate 10 which movesbetween the parts of the loop 2, and inseparably retains the stud 8, inconnection with said loop. It will be seen that the stud 8, is free tomove and that the loosening of nuts or other devices is avoided, as theend of the angularly disposed portion 9, of the stud, limits themovement of the latter in two directions by engaging the end walls ofthe slot 3, which is re-inforced by the plate 4.

By means of the construction set forth it will be seen that the devicesmay be readily connected as shown, and that the connecting strap 6,illustrated has an opening 11, therein, which engages the stud 8, tothereby properly connect the parts, the connecting strap 6, being helddown by the loops 5 and 7.

This form of device will be foundto be Very useful in connecting tugends or other parts such as billets, and can be readily and quicklyapplied. The wear plate 4., prevents tearing away of the slot 3, andthereby reinforces the construction.

An attachment is shown in connection with the tug orstrap end 1, in theform of a yielding plate 12, which is secured to said tug or strap endand engages and partially covers the end of the connecting strap orbillet 6,to hold the latter in place and prevent curling or engagementof the same with adjacent projecting parts.

It will be seen that the parts of the buckle or fastening are whollycovered on their rear sides and thereby prevented from contacting withthe body of the animal and prevented from becoming rusted by moisturefrom the animal.

The device is very simple and efiective in its nature and operation andcan be ornamented as may be found desirable in any manner preferred andforms a means for quickly connecting parts of harness. wherever it isfound applicable for use.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Adevice of the character set forth, comprising a leather tug or strapdoubled under and secured at the sides and free end thereof to form aclosed loop havingaslot extending longitudinally through the upper sideof the same, metallic loops disposed at opposite ends of said slot, awear-plate mounted on the top surface of said tug or strap and having aslot ed to receive a stud rising from a lug at one end of anintegrally-formed laterally-extending flat plate that projects away fromthe said lug in a horizontal plane and is movable between the parts ofsaid loop, said stud projecting upward through the slot of said loop andthe flat plate being confined in position by bearing upon the interiorupper and lower surfaces of said loop, a connecting strap or billetbeing adapted to engage said stud and the said metallic loops,substantially as described.

2. A device of the character set forth, comprising a tug or strap endhavinga fastening in connection therewith, consisting of metallic loopslocated on said tug or strap end apart from each other and between whicha slot is formed in said tug or strap end, and a stud adj ustably risingfrom the said tug or strap end and adapted to be moved in the said slot,

and a yielding plate secured at one end only to said tug or strap endand adapted to extend over and bear upon the free end of a strap orbillet that is connected to the aforesaid stud, to prevent the said freeend from turning up or curling and being engaged by adjacent projectingparts, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH OANTNER. Witnesses:

E. J. BURD, J. A. MILLS.

